"Still Just A Screw Up, Carver" - Eddie Munson & Y/N Sequel

THREE ~ Tainted Love

~ Eddie POV ~
I hate packing the kids up to go back to their moms, especially this week as I've had them at mine for longer than usual, but we've had an awesome week together. I don't get as much time off the road or out of studios and interviews anymore and when I am home I'm still thinking about the auto shop, I handed management over to Wayne but it's still mine and I've put a lot of time and cash into it. I took the kids to see the Corroded Coffin guys, I think Arwen's got a little crush on her uncle Gareth, she always gets real shy around him and always wants to sit with him. It's cute. I took them to the mall for ice cream and to the Arcade for a couple of hours until they'd cleared me out of quarters, we stopped by Family Video to see Harrington but only Buckley was there, she said he had the week off.

I've been thinking a lot about what I wanna say to Y/N, there's a lot I need to apologise for and make amends for - I've been a total dick since we got signed to a label and just got worse after we got divorced. The day she started using the name 'Carver' again felt like someone had torn my heart outta my chest, I guess I knew she wouldn't use Munson forever, but it still hurt like fuck. I'd never actually stopped loving her, we just grew distant - well I got distant, she almost killed herself to keep us together and now I realise just how much I miss her. "Anyone not ready to leave in 10 minutes doesn't get to go to the zoo next weekend!" It's a futile and empty threat but it always works to get their butts into gear. Within minutes Arwen and Ronnie have their jackets on and are waiting by the door, JJ's standing next to them but he really has no fucking idea why he's standing there. I grab his jacket and the kids bags, taking JJ's hand and walking them to the car.

The whole drive over Arwen didn't stop talking but I honestly couldn't tell you a single word she'd said, I was too busy thinking about what I was gonna say to Y/N. I feel like I want my family back together, but I know it's not a decision to take lightly and she'll wanna think about it before I can come home. I know she always liked it when we went on dates together but since Corroded Coffins success, it's difficult to find anywhere peaceful to go. Then I remembered the camping trip we took in the van when Arwen was a baby, just the two of us and a bunch of bedding and supplies piled into my old van in the middle of the woods a few towns over - she said it was the best thing we'd ever done together and one of the most romantic things I'd planned. Maybe that's the way to go?

~ Y/N POV ~
After the first night Steve came over, he didn't want to leave and I didn't want him to either. It was nice having a grownup around the house again, nice to be around someone who couldn't keep their hands off me even for a second. The sex became more comfortable, there were no more awkward pauses or silences, in just a few short days we were comfortable enough to start exploring things together - nothing I hadn't already experienced before, but still sensational. I don't know what Steve and I really had going on between us, but whatever it was... it was nice. Waking up each morning with Steve holding me made me look forward to waking every day, which sounds crazy because the kids should make me feel like that, but this was different - waking up with Steve holding me made me feel a kind of special I hadn't felt since... well since, Eddie. I tried not to compare everything with mine and Eddie's relationship but when Eddie was the only guy I'd ever loved or made me feel like a princess, it was hard not to.

With it being the final night before the kids came home, Steve went all out - he made an amazing dinner with another bottle of that fantastic wine from the first night, got snacks and ice cream in and rented some movies for us to watch. Neither of us knew what our approach was gonna be once the kids were back so he wanted it to be special in case we didn't get another chance like this for a while. Of course, the sex was equally as special. It was the most incredible combination of passionate and loving while being feral and dangerous, it took me back years. I felt like I was 18 again and I was discovering sex for the very first time - it wasn't a hidden secret in the toilet of an abandoned diner with the thrill of the senior class being just outside the door... but it was still magical and I'll never forget the way his fingers felt on my skin or the feeling of his lips as he peppered my neck with kisses. We packed so much into just a few days all without ever leaving the house, with the exception of Steve popping out for food and supplies. It was the most bizarre combination of relaxing and exhausting, the only time I ever stayed up through the night these days were when JJ was teething or one of the kids was sick and I never slept in until the afternoon anymore.